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Tethered By The Inconscient, Will The Human Race Evolve?

He seeks through words and images the Truth,And, poring on surfaces and brute outsidesOr dipping cautious feet in shallow seas,Even his Knowledge is an Ignorance. He is barred out from his own inner depths;He cannot look on the face of … Continue reading →

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How to Understand The Divine?

It is not by your mind that you can hope to understand the Divine and its action, but by the growth of a true and divine consciousness within you. If the Divine were to unveil and reveal itself in all … Continue reading →

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For Whom is The Integral Yoga Intended?

The integral Yoga is especially intended for those who have realised in themselves all that man can realise and yet are not satisfied, for they demand from life what it cannot give. Those who yearn for the unknown and aspire … Continue reading →

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The Way To Advance — Sri Aurobindo

1) A quiet mind makes consciousness easier. 2) If you keep a quiet mind and a constant contact with myself and the Mother and the true Light and Force, then things will become easy and straight—it is the only way … Continue reading →

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Transforming The Human Harp of God To Perfection

The first thing the will has to do with the body is to impose on it progressively a new habit of all its being, consciousness, force and outward and inward action. It must be taught an entire passivity in the … Continue reading →

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Sri Aurobindo with Vishnu Bhaskar Lele

I think you have made too much play with my phrase “an accident” [in the preceding letter], ignoring the important qualification, “it seemed to come by an accident”. After four years of prāṇāyāma and other practices on my own, with … Continue reading →

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The Great Secret … — Mother

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Significance of Birthdays — Mother

Below is a spoken comment of the Mother which was noted down from memory by the sadhak and later read to the Mother Mother: It is your birthday tomorrow? Sadhak: Yes, Mother. Mother: How old will you be? Sadhak: Twenty-six, … Continue reading →

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The Role of Human Body in the Physical Manifestation of The Divine — Mother

“The body has a remarkable capacity of adaptation and endurance. It is fit to do so many more things than one can usually imagine. If instead of the ignorant and despotic masters that govern it, it is ruled by the … Continue reading →

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The Vital : An Obstacle and An Aid

“The vital being in us is the seat of impulses and desires, of enthusiasm and violence, of dynamic energy and desperate depression, of passions and revolt. It can set in motion everything, build up and realise, it can also destroy … Continue reading →

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